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Here’s the second portion of the other days proGram: the “Can’t get lOOse” setlist…a big thank you to Todd Clouser for being a guest on the show:

Know Time- the Zeke Martin Project
Windy- Wes Montgomery
Chain of Fools- Herbie Mann
All Apologies- Todd Clouser & A Love Electric
Paris is Burning- Buckshot Lefonque
Jungle Grove- Buckshot Lefonque
Makoti- Hugh Masekela
Can’t buy me- Femi Kuti
You Can Run- Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80
Heroin- Todd Clouser & A Love Electric
Pay me my Money Down- Todd Clouser & A Love Electric
*** On air chat with Todd Clouser***
Sugar Free Jazz (Molasses Dub)- Soul Coughing
Paper Butterfly- Shana Halligan
Acen it- Eliot Lipp & Jasio 10
Sunrise- Eliot Lipp & Jasio 10
the Urge- Eliot Lipp & Jasio 10
Queens- THEESatisifaction
May I Interrupt- Filastine
Skirmish- Filastine
Lil’ Sonic Sam- Eoto (live)
Connected- Lance Herbstrong (remix)
I’m with it- Speech Debelle
Anna May- Adrian Younge Sound Orchestra
Scale it Back-DJ Shadow ft Little Dragon (Silkie’s Slow Jam remix)

first portion of yesterdays show.

11th Confession- Peter Himmelman (live Studio M)
Livin’ it Down- Delbert McClinton (live Studio M)
Saint Behind the Glass- Los Lobos (live KXCI)
Still Looking up at the Stars- Bruce Piephoff
Happiness is a Warm Gun- Phish (live ’94)
Powderfinger- Neil Young & Crazy Horse (live)
Gremmie out of Control- Pearl Jam
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Let’s Work Together- Canned Heat
Spirit in the sky- the Blind Boys of Alabama
Taxman- Scott Sawyer
Saturday- Twinemen
Faith-Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse ft D. Fiuczynski
Gravity Lane- Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Oh, but the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues)- Wynton Marsalis
I’m so Confused- the Soul Rebels ft Ben Ellman
91.7 WSUM/Togged to the Bricks- Lee Pons
I’m Checkin’ out, Goom’bye- Catherine Russell
Didn’t it Rain-Don Byron New Gospel Quintet ft Vernon Reid
Easy, Easy, Easy- Timothy McNealy
C.R.E.A.M- El Michels Affair

and as I turned back to face the board, I noticed my face was painted like a creepy clown, stuck in a calliope circle of sound…luckily, the show went this-a-way:

Tamacun- Rodrigo y Gabriela ft John Tempesta
Intermission- Chicha Libre
the Ride of the Valkyries- Chicha Libre
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I Can’t Wait- Little Barrie
Twisted Little Blade- Little Barrie
Tip it Over- Little Barrie
Brotherhood- Del Castillo
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Greenarrowradio Theme- Mister Rourke
Hyped Up- MC Zulu
504- the Soul Rebels (Fat Bastard Remix)
Knuckle Dub- Guvna Dub
Somebody Like You- AM & Shawn Lee (Second Sky_TomB Remix)
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Political F**k- Balkan Beat Box
Fight the Power- Public Enemy
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High Sis- Liftoff
New Day- Noble Society
Scale it Back- DJ Shadow w/Little Dragon (Engine Earz Experiment Remix)
Bodhichitta Dub-Eccodek (Nate Wize Super Moon Mix)
Sweat Set- Lazerbeak
A Pahnan- Novalima
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Ayrilik Olsa Bile- Esmeray
the Laziest Summer Afternoon- Kayhan Kahlor

There are too many times where experience and debate cannot fixx the predicament, or unclogg the way. It is times like that where turning to the music can hopefully help, at least distract. The first portion of today’s show is meant to be a wormhole into that space where the insides and outsides nEARly miss….

Drums- Graham Whorley
It’s Only Love- Clarence Bucaro
Leaving- Paul Sanchez
Cajun Girl- Little Feat
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Chicken Strut- the Derek Trucks Band (live)
Corinna- the Other Ones (live)
Magic Bus- Billy Iuso
Mile High Mile Deep- Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormans
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In my Head- Twinemen
Early Train- Bourbon Princess
Satchel Mouth- Catherine Russell
Let it Come Naturally- George Soule
Stay Away- Charles Bradley
Strawberry Lady- the Soul of John Black
Stand In- Barry Adamson
Shake- Phenomenal Handclap Band
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California- EMA
Above my Head- Phantom Family Halo
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Glass- Kmang Kmang
the Wanderer-M.Chamberlain/B.Frisell/T.Martine/L.Townsend
Threadbare- M.Chamberlain/B.Frisell/T.Martine/L.Townsend
Everyday Blues- SoSaLa
Sham-Don Byron New Gospel Quintet
What you Gonna do- the Zeke Martin Project
Here we go Again- Buckshot LeFonque

Look what tunes dropped outta my winter hair during the second portion of the proGram:

Wasineveritis- Buckshot Lefonque
James Brown part i & ii- Buckshot Lefonque
Solid- Soulive (live)
do the BooGaloo- Mo’ Horizons (live)
Draggin’ me Down- Speedometer ft Martha High
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Your Dough- Babaloo
Number 17- Chicha Libra
Broken Samba- Lack of Afro
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the Right One- Phenomenial Handclap Band
greenarrowradio theme- Mister Rourke
Kool it Man- Liftoff
Calling the Rain- Eccodek (Afrodisiac Mix)
Buffalo Plaid- Laserbeak
Eleventh Hour- Laserbeak
Scale it Back- DJ Shadow ft Little Dragon
Lady Luck- Jamie Woon (d’Ebruit’s Suave Mix)
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Gun Thing- Bajah & the Dry Eye Crew
Global Threat- Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
Soul Shakedown Party- Bob Marley (Fort Knox Five Mix)
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Unlock your Mind- the Soul Rebels ft Cyril Neville
Rebuild Renew- 9 Lives
the Sun and the Sea- Barry Adamson
I Still Believe-Bill Ortiz ft Linda Tillery & Zumbi (Phoenix Black Remix)
Porno Clown- Balkan Beat Box
Panalivio- Novalima
Voodoo- Bassnectar (Beats Antique Remix)

A big thank you to friend of the proGram, Mister Rourke for birthin’ & producin’ a new greenarrowradio theme song. The first of two shows took off from the port and it didn’t take long for this ship to get going…here’s what the first portion of the journey looked like:

UFO- Graham Whorley
Dixie- The Sean Chambers Band (live)
the Eleven- the Other Ones (live)
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Rubberneckin’- Elvis Presley
Surf Hell- Little Barrie
Wipeout- Gary Hoey & Donavon Frankenreiter
Salin’ on- No Doubt
Set yourself on Fire- Charlotte (live)
How do I get to Carnegie Hall-Gemma Ray w/Sparks
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Forest- Zoë Keating
The Last Bird- Zoë Keating
Tango Obscura- Nineteen Eighteen
In the Grove- Scott Marischen
Bees- Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Room
Panama- Gary Burton
Hit the Road Jack- Grappelli/Thielemans
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Greenarrowradio Theme- Mister Rourke
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Swamped–M.Chamberlain/B.Frisell/T.Martine/L.Townsend
Sulpa- Kmang Kmang
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Sonny Light- Jack DeJohnette
Altar Call- Wynton Marsalis
Soul for Sale- Wynton Marsalis
Get out of my Life, Woman- Joe Williams

I want to thank Marco Benevento, who will be in town on February 10th, for being a live guest on the show today. We talked Solo piano show versus a gig with the band(s), projects new and old and even how the story of a note or groove translates into different tales (choose your own adventure), for the listener of his music. Oh yeah, and there was also some other music that went along with the second portion of the proGram:

The Power of Suggestion- Barry Adamson
Winter in America- Bill Ortiz
Dirt & Grime- Father’s Children
What have you Done- Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
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Halhal- Nazan Soray
Revival- New York Gypsy All Stars
Sol Generation- Sauti Sol
Clothesline- Saadi
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Couldn’t Have- Lila Rose
Remember Tomorrow- Mo’ Horizons
Paramicha- Kali Mutsa
San Cipriano- Kali Mutsa
Duamashe- Attwenger Flux
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D Funk-the Headhunters FT. Snoop Dogg/George Clinton/Killah Priest/Jaecyn Bayne
Night People- the Soul Rebels
Swing Thing- 11 Acorn Lane
Dig- Soulive (live)
Easy Virtue- Robert Walter’s 20th Congress
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Fireworks- Marco Benevento
**On air Conversation w/Marco Benevento**
Escape Horse- Marco Benevento
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Whoo Boy- Sons of Jezebel
Red, White & Mali (Adham Shaikh Wooble Tip Mix)- Eccodek
Fist Teeth Money- Polica

Marco Benevento

To three hour show….Here’s the way today’s bunched in Step Back went:

Lonely Man- Bill Frisell
Lost, Night- Bill Frisell
Crossroads- Zakiya Hooker
Strong Temptation- the Sean Chambers Band (live)
I know- David Lynch
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Hanuman- Rodrigo Y Gabriela & C.U.B.A. ft John Tempesta
Ledmo (triabdiqomintoyourtown)- Les Triaboliques
Come to Me- Jack Bruce & Robin Trower
Lisa- Morphine
the Saddest Song- Morphine
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Gaia- the Bees
Drume Negrita- Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Tahiti/Ale Ale Babaloo- Babaloo
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Angustia- Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa ft Jaques Morelenbaum
Dirty Ground- Jack DeJohnette ft. B. Hornsby/E. Spalding/L.Louke
Down here on the Ground- Grant Green
the Bird Wave- Jimmy McGriff
the Shakedown (say Yeah)- Speedometer ft Martha High
Best Friends, Right?- Amy Winehouse
Cry Baby- Nikka Costa
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Animals- Creep ft. Holly Miranda

part one of two

I hear some jingling….it’s all that’s left sometimes to the dough ray me of the day. In the second portion of the show you’ll see how the sounds sometimes shape the flow, like lava’s orchestral efforts above and under ground, this set had it’s own way of going:

Santo Domingo- Rodrigo y Gabriela & C.U.B.A. ft Samuel Formell Alfonso
Buhala- Balkan Beat Box
Mothic Folk- Tom Nunn
Nailstrum- Tom Nunn
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Howling for Judy- Jeremy Steig
Round Town- Elvin Jones
Move Heaven & Earth-Bobby Previte’s Weather Clear, Track Fast
Groovin’ for Mr. G- Richard GROOVE Holmes
Escape Horse- Marco Benevento
Dirty- Bernie Worrell ft Warren Haynes
Crazy Fingers- Jazz is Dead
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Mighty Jungle- Lazerbeak
Ay Bay Bee- Lazerbeak
Knight Fighter- Lazerbeak
Taiwanese Boots- Fujiya & Miyagi
Hotel Barcelona- Novalima
Guilty pleasures- Eliot Lipp & Jasia 10
Pretty- the Wonderful World of Induce
Heads Up- Bassnectar (the Glitch Mob Remix)
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To Believe without Seeing- Henry Cole & the Afrobeat Collective
Bicycle- Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe
Brothers 5- Chris Berry & the Bayaka of Yandoumbe
Trip- Attwenger Flux
Ma Do Nar (Remix)- Los Chicharrons
Patriote- Zieti
Puniya Jigiye-Wassoulou TAGA Sidibe & Friends FT TU Sinayoko
Lantchi Biye- the Debo Band

This portion of todays show is highlighted with some Brooklyn Based Psychedelic Rock, some soul for yours and a lot of it is new new new. Check out the first half of the proGram here:

Treehouse- Silo Effect
Here comes the Rumor Mill- the Young Knives (live 89.3 MPR)
Burlington Jam- Licorice (live)
Strange Man- the Jerry Garcia Band (live ’76)
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J- Ani DiFranco
Long Gone- Scrapomatic
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Can’t Keep my Eyes Open- the Paperhead
Bliss- Blues Pills
Careful with that Hat- Citay
Worried Mind- Hopewell
Pleasuring the Divine-Jess Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter
I won’t be Staying- the Main Street Gospel
Water- Brooklyn Raga Association
Last Time- the Zabalas
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Chameleon- Brother Weasel
Juicy PT II- Russel Blake
Bikwater Blues- BLKTOP Project
Last Call- BLKTOP Project
Aquafresh- Robert Walter’s 20th Congress
El Ron- Soulive (live)
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Musicology- Prince
Thunderstrike- Adrian Younge Sound Orchestra
Black Holes in my Mind- Barry Adamson
Valerie (’68 Version)- Amy Winehouse
Heart of Gold- Charles Bradley
Chicago Falcon- the Budos Band
We gon’ Take your Body- the Soul Rebels
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Born to Run- K-Os
Big Fat Liar- Kinny
Look Around the Corner- Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro
Beautiful Disaster- Christiane D

part two of yesterdays proGram….It would be nice if some of this stayed in the history……but still we struGGle…..let’s hope the music here keeps US equal:

Six Pack- Gary Burton & Friends
Meet the Flintstones- Emil Richards
Solo One- Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms
Run Fly- Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms
Smack Dab- Bobby Previte’s Weather Clear, Track Fast
Tracie- the Headhunters
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Under African Skies- Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa
He’s Looking for Love- Headllines
Everybody’s got a Problem- Father’s Children
Mr G- Jessica Lauren Four
Kekfeny- the Qualitons
No eres tu, Soy yo- Henry Cole & the Afrobeat Collective
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The Feingold Special- Akashic Record (live)
Squisher- Signal Path (live)
Swisher- Licorice (live)
Dark Star- Jazz is Dead
Jazz-Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse ft Jeff Richman
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Koto- Nineteen Thirteen
Times Three- Scott Marischen
Nodlews Way Home- Jonti
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the Russian- the Band of Bees
Shakin’ my Brain- Attwenger
Woat- Attwenger
Hot Tamale Baby- CJ Chenier
Devil’s Teeth-Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes
Polden (noon)- Auktyan
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Tourists- Bright Moments
When I was/Jab Mein Tha-Shubha Mudgal & Business Class Refugees
I Wanna Run- Ki Theory ft Maura Dais (Robert Babicz remix)
Seeds- Georgia Anne Muldrow & Madlib

Happy to be able to bRING radio out there to you(s)…part one of two proGrams:

Love Me- the Little Willies
Red Dirt Girl- EmmyLou Harris
Expecting to Fly- Emily Haines (live MPR 89.8fm)
Promiscuity- Ani DiFranco
That’s Alright, Mama- Bill Frisell
The Old Whiskey Show- Scrapomatic
Pray- the Book of Knots ft. Tom Waits
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Mighty High- the Jerry Garcia Band (live 1976)
Fire on the Mountain- Widespread Panic (live)
Oh I see- Billy Iuso & Restless Natives (live)
Downward Facing Dog- Moe.
Home Town Hero- Dark Water Rising
Reich’s Boogie- the Jazz Mandolin Project
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Sing- Black Dub
Make a Better World-Doug Cox/Salil Bhatt
Electric Church- Russel Blake
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Thrills- Matana Roberts
Dawna- Morphine
Buena- Morphine
Sweet Dreams are Made of This- The Soul Rebels
Bass on the Line- Bernie Worrell
Flurries- Soulive
Toe Foo- Ticklah
the Edge- David McCallum
Serenade to a Stranger- Candido
Soul Special- Andrew Hill
Black Rhythm Happening- Eddie Gale
Inner City Blues- Carl Allen/Rodney Whitaker
Killer Ray- Kyle Asche Organ Trio Ft. Melvin Rhyne

part two of the proGram:

Morning Melodies of Rhapsody-Adrian Younge Sound Orchestra
No Trance-Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa FT Jacques Morelenbaum
Baba Drame- Bill Frisell & the Intercontinentals
I Was Born- Leni Stern
Allah- Youssou N’dour
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Seeds- Georgia Ann Muldrow & Madlib
I Wanna Run- Ki Theory ft Maura Davis
Dub Synth- Big Something
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What Makes you Dance- Fort Knox Five ft Rootz
On Our Way- Speedy Consuela
Mel’s Torment- Mocean Worker Ft. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
I’m the Best (Funky Fresh in the Flesh)- Lyrics Born
Garry Shider Tribute- Bootsy Collins FT George Clinton/Linda Shider
Searching for you- Business Class Refugees
Butcher Bird- Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes
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Sea Journey- Scott Marischen
ETC- Nineteen Thirteen
Frightened Mice (dots)- Jonti
Captured in a Moment- Jeff Coffin & Charlie Peacock
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A Kettle of Fish- Stanley Turrentine
Tico Tico- Charlie Parker
Doc Phil- Sonny Rollins
Brown’s Town- Joe Henderson
Papa Lou- Javon Jackson
Down Home- PAPA John DeFrancesco
Mystic Brew- Ronnie Foster

Sometimes all you can do it keep ’em croSSed…part one of two:

Ruler of my Heart-Norah Jones w/Dirty Dozen Brass Band/Robert Randolph
Drinking Away the Memory of you- Cornmeal (live)
the Lid- Swamp Cabbage (live)
Killing yourself on Purpose- Scrapomatic
Tiki Bar is Open-John Hiatt & the Goners w/Jon Smith (live)
Itchycoo Park- Small Faces
Fresh Air- Quick Messenger Service
Chevy Chase SNL Excerpt (Weed Here)
Uptown- William Topley
One Step Closer to you- Michael Franti (live MPR 89.3)
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Don’t Owe you a Thang- Gary Clark Jr.
Long Hair- Little Barrie
One Glass of Water- the Band of Bees
Flip It- Groovesession
Bed Bugs- Strange Arrangement
Sugar Kane- Venice Gas House Trolley
Moonscapes- Dangermuffin
Crankin’ it off- Billy Iuso & Restless Natives (live)
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Pineapple- Fourplay
Vein Melter- Herbie Hancock
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M Trane- the Headhunters
Oh No!- Poogie Bell Band
Adolescence- Poogie Bell Band
Sri Rollins- George Brooks Summit
Sly Notions-Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra
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Poker Nights Theme- The Delicious Allstars
Hey Girl!- Jo Stance
Shaft in Africa- the Mighty Showstoppers
Put Leg to Road- The Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra
Somethings Gotta Give- Nick Van Gelder
Cascade- Renegades of Jazz
Again & Again- Speedometer (DJ Format Remix)
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I Learned the Hard Way- Sharon Jones & the Dapkings
Movin’ on- Ray Camacho & the Tear Drops
Cockroach Grind- the Haggis Horns
Boo Lynn Waltz- Mamarazzi

The second portion of the proGram where I tried to find my inner voice via SUM tracks I find to fit a jazz show. Here’s the way it finished up:

River’s Invitation- Stanley Turrentine
Black Cherry- William Parker & Hamid Drake
VCB- Kendrick Scott Oracle
Three Postcards-Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate (live)
Birdland- Weather Report
So What-Marcus Miller w/LOrchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo ft Roy Hargrove/Raul Midon (live)
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Funky Boots March-Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath
Hoarded Dreams part 1- Graham Collier
the Tin Woodman’s Dream- Doctor Phibes
Them There Eyes- Rob Whitlock
Vicar Street- Tord Gustavsen Trio
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Big G’s Family- Steve Reid Ensemble
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Beyond the Blue Horizon- the Charlie Showmaker Trio
Lot of Our Souls-Parsons/Lewin/Patitucci/Monder
A Night in Tunisia- Emil Richards
Escualo- Gary Burton
the Invasion Song-Eldad Tarmu Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Inaugural Balls- Kenny Werner
I’m so Fickin’ Cool (for Fritz Pauer)-the Claudia Quintet
In the Bag- Mike LeDonne
Riders on the Storm- PAPA John DeFrancesco
Here we Go- Reuben Wilson Trio

Taking the time to find my inner ME Voice throuGh all kinds of Jazz music…or at least what I consider it to be. Thanks for being curious to what that is:

The Scene is Clean- Clifford Brown and Max Roach (live)
Bloomdido- Dizzy Gillespie
Now’s the time- Charlie Parker
Giant Steps (Alt Take)- John Coltrane
Are you Real- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
Serenity- Joe Henderson
Here’s to the People- Sonny Rollins
Wee- the Quintet (live)
Epistrophy- Joel Forrester/Phillip Johnston (live)
Brillant Corners- the Microscopic Septet
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Congo-Stefon Harris/David Sanchez/Christian Scott
Don’t you Worry ‘Bout a Thing-the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (live)
Mr. Pastorius- Miles Davis (live)
Footprints- Russell Gunn
Bag’s Groove- Ron Carter
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Altair & Vega- Bob James & Keiko Matsui
Mystic Brew (Trixation Version)- Vijay Iyer Trio
All the Things you are- Billy Taylor/Gerry Mulligan (live)
Shaw’nuff-Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette (live)
Light Bue- Ellis Marsalis Quartet
Maiden Voyage/Everything in its right place-Robert Glasper
We Never Met -Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet
Lullaby- Kelly Roberti
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Take the A Train- the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Rhythm A Ning- Thelonious Monk
Chant- Coleman Hawkins
Work Song- Nat Adderley
Green Apple Quickstep CORRE CORRE Takes-Bill Cosby & the Carlton Ruiz Ensemble
Oyo Como Va- Tito Puente & His Orchestra (live)